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William S. Paley

<p class="MsoNormal">During <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II" abp="7267">World War II</a>, Paley served in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychological_warfare" title="Psychological warfare" abp="7268">psychological warfare</a> branch in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_of_War_Information" title="Office of War Information" abp="7269">Office of War Information</a>, under <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General" title="General" abp="7270">General</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dwight_Eisenhower" title="Dwight Eisenhower" abp="7271">Dwight Eisenhower</a>,</p>

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&nbsp;Paley became a trustee of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rockefeller_family" title="Rockefeller family" abp="7274">Rockefeller family</a>'s <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Museum_of_Modern_Art" title="Museum of Modern Art" abp="7275">Museum of Modern Art</a> in the 1930s and, in 1962, was tapped by then-chairman <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Rockefeller" title="David Rockefeller" abp="7276">David Rockefeller</a> to be its president. In 1968, he joined a syndicate with Rockefeller and others to buy six works by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Picasso" title="Picasso" abp="7277">Picasso</a> for the museum from the notable <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gertrude_Stein" title="Gertrude Stein" abp="7278">Gertrude Stein</a> collection. He subsequently became chairman, stepping down from the museum post in 1985.<sup id="cite_ref-7" abp="7279"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_S._Paley#cite_note-7" abp="7280">[7]</a></sup>

<sup abp="7284">off of wiki</sup>

<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_S.Paley#In_popular_culture" abp="7286">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_S.Paley#In_popular_culture</a></p>

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